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Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd

To serve the children of the world.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
24
Itemized grants FY2025
30
Organizations funded FY2024
27%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$666k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$260,502
Organizations funded a year
10 to 30
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$6.0M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 27% of the organizations Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $154k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving23$666k30%
FY202430$782k27%
FY202323$693k39%
FY202215$699k60%
FY202118$375k44%
FY202012$403k67%
FY201910$567kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$2.3MHuman Services$725kArts & Culture$598kYouth Development$140kRecreation & Sports$128kFood & Nutrition$77kHealth$73kReligion$60kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cave Creek Unified Education Found$1,613,9167n/a
Valley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association$464,40670%
Foothills Community Foundation Inc$196,860410%
Jubilate Conservatory of Music$173,278656%
Foothills Caring Corps Inc$170,716711%
Sonoran Arts League Inc$153,64178%
Foothills Food Bank$77,00040%
Sonoran Trails Middle School PTO$65,431154%
Cave Creek Museum$64,396517%
Foothills Academy$47,81211%
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All grantees of Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Cave Creek Unified Education Found$1,613,9167n/a
Valley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association$464,40670%
Foothills Community Foundation Inc$196,860410%
Jubilate Conservatory of Music$173,278656%
Foothills Caring Corps Inc$170,716711%
Sonoran Arts League Inc$153,64178%
Foothills Food Bank$77,00040%
Sonoran Trails Middle School PTO$65,431154%
Cave Creek Museum$64,396517%
Foothills Academy$47,81211%
Our Lady of Joy Roman Catholic Parish Carefree$39,0002n/a
Scott Foundation$33,31022%
Scully Learning Center Foundation$33,18337%
Rancho Milagro Foundation$30,550310%
Desert Foothills Library Association$29,55722%
Tender Little Hearts Mini Tales$27,500316%
Cave Creek Rodeo Days$27,00035%
Fledging Youth LLC$25,722129%
Kiwanis International Foundation$25,39411%
Lutheran Retreat Center At Carefree Arizona Inc$21,20031%
Purse-Impressions$20,99138%
Imprints of Honor$20,00031%
Carefree Cave Creek Chamber Foundation$20,0001n/a
Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation$20,00030%
Desert Foothills Land Trust$16,68622%
Southwest District Kiwanis Foundation Inc$15,00024%
Reigning Grace Ranch$15,00011%
Auxiliary of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale$14,7001n/a
Desert Foothills Choral Foundation$14,100252%
Rancho Tierra Madra Corp$14,00023%
Desert Foothills Athletic Club Inc$12,00021%
Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation Inc$10,00020%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$10,00010%
The Donkeys of the Heart Inc$10,000119%
Grand Canyon Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$10,00010%
Maricopa County Community College District Foundation$9,56110%
Sleep in Heavenly Peace Inc$8,55110%
Cave Creek Unified Education Found$7,500117%
Youth for Troops$6,00012%
Cactus Foothills Little League$6,00012%
Honor Flight Northern Arizona$5,20012%
Jobs for America's Graduates Tennessee$5,00010%
Falcons Athletic Club Inc$5,00012%
Cave Creek Dark Sky$4,0001n/a

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($586k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetValley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association: $464,406 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetFoothills Community Foundation Inc: $196,860 over 4y, 10% of budgetJubilate Conservatory of Music: $173,278 over 6y, 56% of budgetFoothills Caring Corps Inc: $170,716 over 7y, 11% of budgetSonoran Arts League Inc: $153,641 over 7y, 8.0% of budgetFoothills Food Bank: $77,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSonoran Trails Middle School PTO: $65,431 over 1y, 54% of budgetCave Creek Museum: $64,396 over 5y, 17% of budgetFoothills Academy: $47,812 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetScott Foundation: $33,310 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetScully Learning Center Foundation: $33,183 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetRancho Milagro Foundation: $30,550 over 3y, 9.9% of budgetDesert Foothills Library Association: $29,557 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetTender Little Hearts Mini Tales: $27,500 over 3y, 16% of budgetCave Creek Rodeo Days: $27,000 over 3y, 5.1% of budgetFledging Youth LLC: $25,722 over 1y, 29% of budgetKiwanis International Foundation: $25,394 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLutheran Retreat Center At Carefree Arizona Inc: $21,200 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPurse-Impressions: $20,991 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetImprints of Honor: $20,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetArizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation: $20,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetDesert Foothills Land Trust: $16,686 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetSouthwest District Kiwanis Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetReigning Grace Ranch: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetDesert Foothills Choral Foundation: $14,100 over 2y, 52% of budgetRancho Tierra Madra Corp: $14,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetDesert Foothills Athletic Club Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMarine Corps-Law Enforcement Founda Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Donkeys of the Heart Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetGrand Canyon Council Inc Boy Scouts of America: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMaricopa County Community College District Foundation: $9,561 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSleep in Heavenly Peace Inc: $8,551 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCave Creek Unified Education Found: $7,500 over 1y, 17% of budgetYouth for Troops: $6,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCactus Foothills Little League: $6,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHonor Flight Northern Arizona: $5,200 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetJobs for America's Graduates Tennessee: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFalcons Athletic Club Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 39.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Arizona Community FoundationAZ33.1× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc · American Express Foundation · Vaughn L and Eleanore M Beals Charitable Foundation · Irving & Arline Gordon Memorial Fdn · The Jack Ingebritson Foundation Inc · The Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation · Thunderbirds Charities · Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust · Virginia G Piper Charitable Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd

How much does Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd give?
Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd reported 24 itemized grants totaling $666,345, out of $1,372,980 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 30 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (55%), Human Services (17%), Arts & Culture (14%).
Who are Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Cave Creek Unified Education Found ($1.6M), Valley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association ($464k), Foothills Community Foundation Inc ($197k).
Does Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 27% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arizona Community Foundation, Robert D Fisher Foundation Inc, American Express Foundation.
Where is Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd based?
Kiwanis Club of Carefree Benefit Fd is based in AZ.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 59 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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